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Sexual Empowerment of Women in Behn's The Willing Mistress and The Disappointment
- Sexual Empowerment of Women in Behn's The Willing Mistress and The Disappointment "All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn, . . . for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds." (Woolf 91) Born in 1640, Aphra Behn broke gender stereotypes when she undertook a thrilling (if unrewarded) life as a spy for the Crown, but it was her scandalous career as an author which truly achieved many firsts for women. She was the first woman to support hereself financially by solely relying on the profession of writing, and many readers argue that Oroonoko--her passionate tale about the institution of slavery--was the first English novel.... [tags: Willing Mistress Essays]:: 3 Works Cited

The Willing Mistress, by Aphra Behn
- Aphra Behn shattered walls for sexual freedom of women in literature in the seventeenth century. She was called the first professional woman writer in English. Many of her works all have strong female roles holding sexual power. In Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own, she states, “All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn, which is, most scandalously but rather appropriately, in Westminster Abbey, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.” She was one of the first female authors to speak candidly about the sexual passion felt by women, which was deemed ill-suited in her time.... [tags: Analysis, Sexual Freedom]:: 1 Works Cited

Seduction Techniques Illustrated in Donne's The Flea and Marvell's To His Coy Mistress
- Men of the 16th and 17th century were the largest contributors of literature of that time. This led to misogynistic views, and subhuman treatment of women. Although it was socially forbidden for a woman to have sex outside of marriage, this did not stop men from trying to convince her. John Donne, a poet of the 16th century, wrote misogynistic pieces in his early works. Andrew Marvell, a contemporary of Donne, who also wrote seduction poems. Donne’s “The Flea” and Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” both have seduction techniques, yet the degree of success is different.... [tags: The flea, to his coy mistress]

To His Coy Mistress
- In the poem “To His Coy Mistress”, the speaker is trying to seduce his wife. In the assumption the mistress is his wife; she is being bashful towards losing her virginity. The speaker, which is the mistress’s husband, develops a carefully constructed argument where the speaker seeks to persuade his lady to surrender her virginity to him. In the poem “To His Coy Mistress”, the speaker says, “Had we but world enough, and time…I would love you ten years before the Flood, and you should if you please refuse till the conversion of the Jews” (lines 1 and 7-10).... [tags: Literary Analysis]

The Flea by John Donne and To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell
- The Flea by John Donne and To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell "The Flea" by John Donne is written in the 17th century as is "To his coy mistress" by Andrew Marvell. This we can see by the language used which was typical of that period in time "apt to kill me" and "yea" which are taken from the flea. Both poems also speak of virginity being very important, especially before marriage because if a woman had lost her "maidenhead" before, the husband would have the right to leave her without the need for a divorce.... [tags: Flea donne Marvell Mistress Essays]

To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell
- ... The insignificance of time at the moment is further emphasized when the speaker tells his mistress that they “would sit down, and think which way, To walk, and pass [their] long love’s day” (lines 3-4). The use of alliteration creates a carefree tone, as if the speaker was daydreaming and sighing as he was trying to woo his mistress. Marvell uses delicate and sublime imagery to flatter the mistress with a seemingly disingenuous exaggeration of her physical beauty. Because of the unrealistic use of time and space, the imagery used to flatter the mistress comes off as insincere.... [tags: poem analysis]

Analysis of To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell and Sonnet by Elizabeth B. Browning
- Analysis of To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell and Sonnet by Elizabeth B. Browning This assignment will examine two poems that were written before 1914. The two poems I will be focussing on are 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell and 'Sonnet' by Elizabeth B. Browning. In the essay I will be looking at how both poems emphasise love but yet have very different approaches as in the coy mistress the persona is trapping his mistress into falling in love with him and uses tactics to try and have a sexual relationship with her.... [tags: Papers]

Love in To His Coy Mistress and The Flea
- Love in To His Coy Mistress and The Flea Both 'To His Coy Mistress', by Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) and 'The Flea', by John Donne (1572-1631) present different attitudes to love. Both are also structured very differently and occasionally use contrasting imagery. Each poem was written in the 17th century, just after the Renaissance. The poets were metaphysical poets. Although the 'metaphysic' was originally a derogatory term, metaphysical poetry used intellectual and theological concepts in an ingenious way.... [tags: Papers]

To His Coy Mistress, by Andrew Marvell and The Rights of Woman, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Throughout the poems “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell and “The Rights of Woman” by Anna Letitia Barbauld, violence is used in contrasting ways. Marvell uses violence to manipulate his mistress into a powerless position, while Barbauld uses it to incite rebellion against just such a power structure.Though violence is not the primary thematic concern within the majority of both works, it plays an essential role in developing the storyline and helps to convey the messages of the authors. Within Marvell’s piece, the speaker describes a timeless love that is not reciprocated.... [tags: Comparison: Use of Violence]:: 2 Works Cited

Theme of Carpe Diem in A Fine, a Private Place by Ackerman and To His Coy Mistress by Marvell
- The words carpe diem mean “seize the day” in Latin. It is a theme that has been used throughout the history of literature and has been a popular philosophy in teaching from the times of Socrates and Plato up to the modern English classroom. Carpe diem says to us that life isn’t something we have forever, and every passing moment is another opportunity to make the most out of the few precious years that we have left. In the poems “A Fine, a Private Place” by Diane Ackerman and “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell, carpe diem is the underlying theme that ties them together, yet there are still a few key differences throughout each of these two poems that shows two very different perspectiv... [tags: Diane Ackerman Andrew Marvell poetry poems]:: 2 Works Cited

A Comparison between To His Coy Mistress and Sonnet 116
- A Comparison between To His Coy Mistress and Sonnet 116 The poem "To His Coy Mistress" was written in the mid 17th century by Andrew Marvell, being written in this time Marvell's poem was unable to be published as its taboo content was unfavoured by the puritans in power at the time. Whereas "Sonnet 116" by William Shakespeare was written in the late 16th century, a time of liberation and freedom for the stage and literature. Both poems are similar in theme and yet different in approach, they both pursue the theme of love although Marvell in a satirical Carpe Diem love style whereas Shakespeare in a traditional sonnet style.... [tags: Andrew Marvell William Shakespeare Essays]

Analyzing To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell
- Analyzing To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell To His Coy Mistress Andrew Marvell Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, Lady, were no crime. We would sit down and think which way To walk and pass our long love's day. Thou by the Indian Ganges' side Shouldst rubies find: I by the tide Of Humber would complain. I would Love you ten years before the Flood, And you should, if you please, refuse Till the conversion of the Jews. My vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires, and more slow; An hundred years should go to praise Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze; Two hundred to adore each breast; But thirty thousand to the rest... [tags: Papers]

A Comparison of ‘To His Coy Mistress’ by Andrew Marvell and ‘To His Mistress Going to Bed’ by John Donne
- A Comparison of ‘To His Coy Mistress’ by Andrew Marvell and ‘To His Mistress Going to Bed’ by John Donne ‘To His Coy Mistress’ and ‘To His Mistress Going to Bed’ are both poems about men seducing women. They centre around sex rather than love or romance. Sixteenth and seventeenth century attitudes to love and relationships were much stricter going as far as wealthy people asking their perspective lovers to court them via love poem or letter. Though this has changed from the sixteenth and seventeenth century to today, little else has.... [tags: Papers]

Comparing To his Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell and To his Mistress Going to Bed by John Donne
- Comparing To his Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell and To his Mistress Going to Bed by John Donne In recent times I have compared and contrasted two pieces of love poetry, both of which are exceptionally lyrical and full of intellectual language that bring the poems alive with elaborated metaphors that compare dissimilar things, as they Inare equally, yet somehow individually both metaphysical poems. The first of these poems that I comprehended was 'To his Coy Mistress;' (written by Andrew Marvell during the 17th century), it reflects the epic of a man who is striving to entice a unadulterated woman into going to bed with him; he does this by using a lot of romantic... [tags: Papers]

A Comparison of ‘To His Coy Mistress’ by Andrew Marvell and ‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti
- A Comparison of ‘To His Coy Mistress’ by Andrew Marvell and ‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) was a British writer. He was a poet during the Renaissance period. He was one of the metaphysical poets, known for his works like ‘To His Coy Mistress’. He was an assistant to John Milton and a Member of Parliament. Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) was a British writer. She was one of the greatest Victorian poets. She lived a reclusive life and was educated at home.... [tags: Papers]

Look again at the three seventeenth century poems, To His Coy Mistress,
- Look again at the three seventeenth century poems, To His Coy Mistress, The Flea, and Shall I compare thee. In what ways have the three poets used, or departed from, the conventions of their time and why do you think they have been successful in ... Look again at the three seventeenth century poems, “To His Coy Mistress”, “The Flea”, and “Shall I compare thee”. In what ways have the three poets used, or departed from, the conventions of their time and why do you think they have been successful in entertaining their readers.... [tags: English Literature:]

Comparison of the Poets' Representation of the Lover in To His Coy Mistress and Porphyria's Lover
- Comparison of the Poets' Representation of the Lover in To His Coy Mistress and Porphyria's Lover In "To His Coy Mistress", Andrew Marvell presents a declaration of love to the object of his desire, but at the same time he simultaneously develops a systematic argument of reasoning. As a metaphysical poem, Marvell uses his writing as a tool for sexism; beneath the surface the poem exists to be manipulated by a society domineered by testosterone for the fulfilment of male pleasure.... [tags: Papers]

Comparing Two Love Poems, Our Love Now and To His Coy Mistress
- Comparing Two Love Poems, 'Our Love Now' and 'To His Coy Mistress' Poetry has been around now for many decades, it is a form of writing that can be expressed in many different forms of style, context and language. The majority of poetry is love or war poetry, this is because love and war have many different view points form every individual person therefore no love or war poem can be the same due to this emotion involved. I.e., in a love poem you are writing your own personal feelings about or for a loved one, no other person can have these exact feelings, it is a way of opening out your heart.... [tags: Compare and Contrast Comparing]

The Poet's Treatment of Seduction in To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell and The Passionate Shepherd To His Love by Christopher Marlowe
- The Poet's Treatment of Seduction in To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell and The Passionate Shepherd To His Love by Christopher Marlowe Andrew Marvell the writer of 'To His Coy Mistress' was an English poet and satirist. He was born in Winestead, Yorkshire, and went to Hull Grammar School and the University of Cambridge. He was once a member of parliament in 1659. It was possible that he got married to Mary Palmer but it remains in doubt. Other well-known and much-anthologised poems he wrote are: 'The Garden', 'The Definition of Love', and 'Bermudas'.... [tags: Papers]

Treatment of Women in Robert Browning's My Last Duchess and Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress
- Treatment of Women in Robert Browning's My Last Duchess and Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress Sex, lies and intrigue are just a few of the themes explored in “My Last Duchess” and “To His Coy Mistress”. The control men have over women and the control women have over men are also closely observed in these 16th century poems. The two poems also give us an insight to the treatment and presentation of women in that era. The poets, Robert Browning and Andrew Marvell, have used a narrative style to write their poems, however the eye of the poem appears not to be speaking directly to the audience in either case.... [tags: Papers]

Infidelity
- Passionate instincts can overtake us, guilty feelings will wash over us, and paranoia will take control of us. Our body and mind propel us on a lustful, exciting, frightening bender as we take that one risk that could destroy everything. Since the beginning of man, humans have caved in to our polygamous nature through the act of infidelity, and men and woman have cheated on each other throughout history (Zur 2). However, different time periods and cultures have contrasting perceptions on adultery often depending on gender.... [tags: Social Issues, Cheating, Mistress]

Marvell
- Is love empty. Is there nothing except the pursuit of lust and no time for courtship or time to love another person emotionally. Physical love provides a quick bond but often has no emotional or lasting value. Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” develops a carefully constructed argument as the speaker seeks to persuade his lady to surrender her virginity to him. The argumentative point made by the speaker in this poem is the importance of time and a man in love not being able to wait another second to express his love for the women he desires.... [tags: Literary Analysis, To His Coy Mistress]

The Mistress in Death of a Salesman
- The Mistress in Death of a Salesman The mistress, sultry yet sophisticated, played a larger part in the play, Death of A Salesman, than most would imagine. While she does not make an appearance in the play, she does appear in Willy’s remembered time. During his daydreams, she is referred to as “the woman”. The woman in Death of A Salesman never appears in the play, but has a noteworthy presence because she affects the action, theme, and the development of other characters. As an outcome of having a mistress, Willy’s fragile ego is boosted.... [tags: Death of a Salesman Mistress Characters Essays]

An Analysis of To His Coy Mistress
- The poem, To His Coy Mistress, by Andrew Marvell brings out some actions that some of us have experienced or even thought about in this concise poem. This poem is very appealing to the male senses and what some make are like. Some women could be thought of when this is read. Andrew Marvell puts it in words that make it seem as if it was very acceptable. The first twenty lines of the poem start to talk about how much this girl means to this perticular man. The main character in the poem talks about how he will wait forever to be with her. He mentions that “We would sit down and think which way To walk and pass our long love’s day.” (st.... [tags: To His Coy Mistress, Andrew Marvell]

Analysis of To His Coy Mistress
- To his coy mistress is about sexual feelings and infatuation, based on the Italian tradition of courtly love - it is filled with compliments and references to sexual activity and deviancy but is generally a one sided love, the whole poem is about the man wooing the woman and persuading her that she should have sex with him. Throughout the first stanza the poet writes how he would love the woman, had they had all the time in the world. The love is much exaggerated. "I would love you ten years before the flood" This is clearly an exaggerated statement because the flood happened before Christ, before the poet or the woman even existed.... [tags: To His Coy Mistress, Andrew Marvell]

Analysis of To His Coy Mistress
- "To His Coy Mistress" is a very interesting poem. The main plot of the poem is about this guy that tries to pick up a girl for the night. The poem does not tell about the setting. I assumed that it was in a bar, because of the way he talked to her and that is where most guys go to pick up a girl for the evening. We see this poem through the eyes of the guy, by doing this Marvell gives a look into his mind and what he is thinking. This helps to bring the reader into the poem. It allows the reader to get into his mind as the poem goes along.... [tags: To His Coy Mistress, Andrew Marvell]

Powerful Imagery in To His Coy Mistress
- Andrew Marvel's "To His Coy Mistress" has the persuasiveness of a late night informercial. But in this instance the narrator does not want money for his "product": he wants a girl's virginity. Informercials have an advantage over Marvel. They not only persuade consumers with words but images pf their products as well. Marvell overcomes this obstacle in his use of descriptive imagery. He utilizes if not maximizes imagery to magnify his persuasiveness. . The first stanza opens the poem "Had we but world enough, and time,/ This coyness, Lady, were no crime"(1-2) as though he were a victim of her reserved nature.... [tags: Andrew Marvel, To His Coy Mistress]

To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell
- To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell It is a metaphysical poem, which means its lyric contains many striking images, is very intense and uses strong metaphors. It is concerned with a young man who is trying to persuade a young woman to have sex with him by charming and rushing her into it because he only has one thing on his mind. In the poem he uses three different arguments, flattery, fear and passion to persuade her to his point of view. In the first section Andrew Marvell uses flattery, he does this by telling her that if he had all the time in the world he would use it by telling her how beautiful she is and stare into her eyes but he doesn't have this time and he knows this so he's... [tags: Coy Mistress Andrew Marvell Essays]

The Essence of Time in Marvell's To His Coy Mistress
- The male species has a very creative mind. The creative mind becomes particularly active when the case involves the female species. In Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress," the author shows how his creative mind is put to use. Marvell, uses time in an attempt to manipulate his coy mistress. Time is depicted in three different manners. First, Marvell uses "ideal time." In ideal time, he tells how many years he would spend loving her if they were given the opportunity. He explains to his mistress that if time allowed, he would spend hundreds of years just to admire her physical being. Next, he implicates "real time," to persuade her to become access... [tags: His Coy Mistress Essays]

To His Coy Mistress Essay: An Act of Persuasion
- To His Coy Mistress: An Act of Persuasion In the poem by Andrew Marvell, he tries to persuade a lady of his love, that she should do as he wishes, and give herself up for him. In order to do so, he expresses his arguments in the poem being discussed. In the second line he starts off trying to persuade her, by telling her that she really does want to give herself up to him, but is too shy. He reassures her, and tells her that this does not matter, and there is nothing wrong with it, however she must look beneath her coyness.... [tags: His Coy Mistress Essays]

To His Coy Mistress Essay: The Carpe Diem Motif
- The Carpe Diem Motif in To His Coy Mistress "Seize the day." For cavalier poets, there seemed to be little else they found nearly as interesting write about than the carpe diem concept. The form of carpe diem poetry is generally consistent, almost to the point of being predictable. Though Andrew Marvell worked with the same concepts, his modifications to them were well-considered. In "To His Coy Mistress," Marvell makes use of allusion, metaphor, and grand imagery in order to convey a mood of majestic endurance and innovatively explicate the carpe diem motif.... [tags: His Coy Mistress Essays]

To His Coy Mistress Essay: Use of Sound
- Use of Sound in To His Coy Mistress At first glance, Andrew Marvel's poem "To His Coy Mistress" is a fairly typical carpe diem poem, in which the speaker tells his beloved that they should "seize the day" and have sex now instead of waiting until they are married. Today, the speaker's speech may seem sexist in its attitude toward women and irresponsible in its attitude toward the coy mistress (the speaker doesn't explain how he would seize the day if the woman became pregnant, for example).... [tags: His Coy Mistress Essays]

Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress
- Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress Andrew Marvell writes an elaborate poem that not only speaks to his coy mistress but also to the reader. He suggests to his coy mistress that time is inevitably ticking and that he (the speaker) wishes for her to act upon his wish and have a sexual relationship. Marvell simultaneously suggest to the reader that he/she must act upon their desires, to hesitate no longer and ³seize the moment?before time expires. Marvell uses a dramatic sense of imagery and exaggeration in order to relay his message to the reader and to his coy mistress.... [tags: Poem Poet Coy Mistress Marvell Essays]

Analysis of To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell
- Analysis of To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell Andrew Marvell's elaborate sixteenth century carpe diem poem, 'To His Coy Mistress', not only speaks to his coy mistress, but also to the reader. Marvell's suggests to his coy mistress that time is inevitably rapidly progressing and for this he wishes for her to reciprocate his desires and to initiate a sexual relationship. Marvell simultaneously suggests to the reader that he or she should act upon their desires as well, to hesitate no longer and seize the moment before time, and ultimately life, expires.... [tags: Papers Coy Mistress Marvell Essays]:: 1 Works Cited

Use of Allusions in Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress
- The speaker in Andrew Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress'; is a man who is addressing a silent listener, who happens to be his mistress. In this dramatic monologue the speaker tries to explain his feelings to his mistress. The speaker uses many allusions to empires and other objects, events and ideas that are not directly related to his feelings, in order to explain how he feels. He uses these allusions to exaggerate his feelings in order to clearly show them. After reading over the poem once, you get a sense of what the speaker is feeling.... [tags: Andrew Marvell To His Coy Mistress]

Formalistic Approach To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell
- The formalistic approach to an open text allows the reader to devour the poem or story and break down all the characteristics that make it unique. The reader is able to hear the text rather than read it, and can eventually derive a general understanding or gist of the text. "According to the Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature "when all the words, phrases, metaphors, images, and symbols are examined in terms of each other and of the whole, any literary text worth our efforts will display its own internal logic" (Geurin 75)." When utilizing the formalistic approach, the reader must search in and out of the lines for point of view, form, imagery, structure, symbolism, style, texture... [tags: To His Coy Mistress, Andrew Marvell]

Anaylsis of To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell
- This poem has been written in the form of a request to the poet's coy (or shy) mistress, the grant his desire for them to make love. He argues that for to delay makes no sense because 'at my back I always hear/time's winged chariot hurrying along near'. Much of his argument is made through a series of hyperbole (h-p rb-l) A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton. Here he is describing how slow they could move to consummate their love if there were no pressure of time.... [tags: To His Coy Mistress, Andrew Marvell]

Analysis of To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell
- Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” is in my opinion an excellent poem about a subject matter we can all understand and most of us can relate to: a love just beyond reach. This is the primary reason I believe it is most suited to be in a college textbook. One of the hardest things to accomplish in a poem written for uninterested college students is making it understandable and enjoyable by the audience, but this poem does it very well. In doing so, however, it also includes several important elements of poetic language that will educate the reader while at the same time keeping him or her interested.... [tags: To His Coy Mistress, Andrew Marvell]:: 1 Works Cited

Style and Tone in Two Poems: “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell and “The Ruined Maid” by Thomas Hardy
- In this essay I will compare two poems: “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell and “The Ruined Maid” by Thomas Hardy. I will look at the style and the tones that are used in both of these poems in order to compare them. “To His Coy Mistress” is one-way argumentative conversation featuring one horny young man trying to convince his reluctant mistress to give up her virginity to him before she gets old. He uses the argument that she needs to have sex now because her youth and beauty will fade as she ages.... [tags: To His Coy Mistress, Andrew Marvell, Ruined Maid, ]

To His Coy Mistress by Marvell and The Sun Rising by Donne
- To His Coy Mistress by Marvell and The Sun Rising by Donne In both of these poems, language is used to a very good effect. In "To His Coy Mistress" the language is used to try and win his lovers heart, so that they can make love before the time has passed where it is impossible to do so. In "The Sun Rising" the language is used to depreciate the Sun and to express the feelings the man has for his lover. Both poems seem to argue with something within the poem. In 'To His Coy Mistress' the man is arguing against time, saying there isn't enough, and therefore he and his lover should make love while they still can.... [tags: Coy Mistress Sun Rising Poetry Essays]

Persuading their Mistresses in The Flea and To His Coy Mistress
- Persuading their Mistresses in The Flea and To His Coy Mistress Examine the ways in which the poets in The Flea and To His Coy Mistress try to persuade their mistresses. Both "The Flea" by John Donne and "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell are seduction poems, written by the poets to seduce their mistresses. Both have three stanzas and a basic couplet rhyming structure. Donne and Marvell are metaphysical poets from the 17th century. They have taken simple ideas and stretched them far - for example, using a flea as a symbol of union.... [tags: The Flea To His Coy Mistress Literature Essays]

Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress and John Donne's A Valedictorian: Forbidding Mourning
- Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress and John Donne's A Valedictorian: Forbidding Mourning One may define poetry as imaginative and creative writing which uses elements like rhyme, meter, and imagery to express personal thoughts, feelings, or ideas. Certain subjects recur frequently in poetry such as carpe diem, nature, death, and family. Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" and John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbiddmg Mourning," focus on the prevalent topic of love. Although both poems emphasize the importance and meaning of love, the tone of each poem reveals differences with regard to the conception and magnitude of the love; the diction shows contrasting ways in which each poet in... [tags: Poem Poetry Mistress Mourning Essays]

William Shakespare's Poem My Mistress Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun
- William Shakespare's Poem "My Mistress Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun" 'My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun' is a poem written by William Shakespeare about the love towards an imperfect woman. He explains that although his mistress is imperfect, he finds his love special and 'rare.' If the modern day reader is not careful, he/she might be quick to assume the role of the woman that Shakespeare writes about. Although the word mistress now refers to a sweetheart or a woman who lives with a man without being married to him, in Shakespeare's time, it meant a woman who rules others or has control.... [tags: William Shakespeare Mistress Nothing Essays]

Comparing Beggar Woman by William King and To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell
- Comparing Beggar Woman by William King and To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell 'Beggar Woman'(William King) and 'To His Coy Mistress'(Andrew Marvell) are two poems written in the 17th century when society was very different to how it is today: women had no status, rights, or independence. All aspects of society were male dominated, they ruled, and so all laws and acts were in the favour of males. The poems are great examples of how society was when they were written, they also mirror the roles each gender played in the various aspect of life, the males active and controlling, the women passive, and they had to be compliant.... [tags: King Beggar Marvell Mistress Essays]

Willing To Fight For What You Believe In
- The story “Palais de Justice” by Mark Helprin is about a defense attorney who has a substantial amount of experience in racing sculls. He’s a rather old fashioned man and when he is challenged by a young man whom he calls a “Spartan”, his knowledge of the waters allows him to navigate his scull with ease and ultimately defeat his opponent. But what does the attorney acquire at the climax of the race. Some might say death and others a greater sense of the risk that one must take when in battle. So one of the prominent themes in the story is that sometimes people are willing to fight for what they believe in.... [tags: Literary Review]

Hitler's Willing Executioners by Daniel Goldhagen
- ... It made the book easy and stimulating to read but it also satisfied the morbid fascinations held by readers as it enabled them to experience the role of the perpetrator and to understand the cruel nature of the Holocaust. The reception of Goldhagen's theses cannot be removed from the immediate context of historical debates in Germany at that time. The 1990s showed an eruption in “Vergangenheitsbewältigung” in Germany. This word is a composite German word that describes the processes of dealing with the past.... [tags: ordinary germans and the Holocaust]

Hitler's Willing Executioners by Daniel Goldhagen
- "Goldhagen’s book is worthless as scholarship.” (Finkelstein and Birn, 1998) In the light of the public success of Daniel Goldhagen's book, Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust. Evaluate whether this statement is justified. After its publication in 1996, Daniel Goldhagen’s PHD Thesis and book Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust (Goldhagen, 1996) evoked great public fascination and popular interest, almost more than any other historical research on the Holocaust that came before it.... [tags: book review, germans, the holocaust]:: 24 Works Cited

Willing and Knowing
- Willing and Knowing ABSTRACT: This paper discusses W. K. Clifford's classic paper, "The Ethics of Belief," and the significance of his use of the locution "knowingly and willingly" in the context of morally irresponsible ignorance. It is argued that this locution can point to a very subtle and important distinction in the premisses of ethically responsible belief formation. An analysis of willful ignorance is then given. It is argued that, strictly speaking, there is no such thing as willful ignorance: what is called willful ignorance in ordinary language is just the phenomena of getting oneself knowingly to believe something by willingly and knowingly altering the evidence for one's belie... [tags: Philosophy Philosophical Papers]:: 4 Works Cited

I Was a Willing Participant
- I Was a Willing Participant Toward the end of last semester, I registered for this class mainly for one reason: I had had Emily as a professor before, I liked her class and her teaching style very much, and I wanted to again take a class she was teaching. This was my first opportunity to do so, and I jumped on it. In the bulletin, the class was described as the Graduate Writing Seminar, and through the grapevine, I found out it was not a creative writing class, but instead, a study in critical feminist pedagogies.What the hell, I thought.... [tags: Personal Narrative Writing]

A Comparison Between A Coy Mistress and To The Virgins
- A Comparison Between A Coy Mistress and To The Virgins ====================================================== Both Andrew Marvell and Robert Herrick who are writing in the 17th Century which was in the Romantic period and both poems are about love. This comparison ties both poems closely together as well as their identical themes of time running out. Herrick’s poem “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” is essentially a general argument that everyone who has not yet found love should make the most of the short time they have alive and marry someone as soon as possible.... [tags: English Literature]

hitlers willing executioners
- Daniel Jonah Goldhagen born in 1959 is an American political scientist most famous for his book, Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust, which hypothesizes that all ordinary Germans were actively in favor of the holocaust because of the supposedly unique and virulent "eliminationist" anti-Semitism that was a part of the common consciousness in Germany throughout history. He claims that this special mentality cannot be fully understood by non-Germans and that it was unique to Germany; eliminationist anti-Semitism grew out of medieval attitudes that were religiously based.... [tags: essays research papers]

Hitler's Willing Executioners
- Hitler's Willing Executioners Fifty years after Adolph Hitler’s failed attempt to exterminate the Jews of Europe, there still remains no consensus upon the causes of this event. Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, author of Hilter’s Willing Executioners, attempts to provide a new approach and new explanations to the perplexing questions left in the aftermath of 1945. Upon it’s publication, Goldhagen’s thesis came under much scrutiny by his academic peers. Goldhagen’s argument is that the usual historical explanations of the Holocaust do not add up.... [tags: Papers]

Mistress of Spice by Divakaruni
- ... Prior to the Mistress reaching out to the seed physically and speaks to it, she notes the poppy by the common English name, a tedious factual piece. Nevertheless, to gain control over the spice, the Mistress must call it by its "true-name" which "has power" (Divakaruni 172). By italicizing the name khus khus, this indicates a certain beginning in the grain's existence at that moment. The Mistress's continued chanting alters the spice into another name, "afim," which reminisce of an authentic human name.... [tags: personal identities]

To His Coy Mistress
- The speaker of “To His Coy Mistress” is a man with a high libido addressing an unwilling woman who is guarding her virginity. Marvell uses figures of speech to unify his theme of Carpe Diem, to seize the day, in order for the speaker to seduce the woman. The first Stanza of the poem signifies that his love is as everlasting as time. Whereas, in the second Stanza he realizes that time is of the essence and the woman must give in to his desires. The third Stanza the speaker brings the woman back from the imaginative dead, and explains to her that she must seize the opportunity since she is youthful.... [tags: Carpe Diem, Virginity]:: 1 Works Cited

"To His Coy Mistress"
- "To His Coy Mistress" Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress is a sieze the moment kind of poem in which an anonomyous young man tries to woo the hand of his mistress. This kind of poem gives the reader the idea that time is not only precious, but scarce. The speaker uses many smooth tatics to persuade the young girl, starting with compliments and ending with a more forceful, morbid appraoch. "To His Coy Mistress" is not only witty but imgagistic, full of wordplay, and percieved differently by both males and females.... [tags: Andrew Marvell, Poet, Poetic Analysis]:: 6 Works Cited

Misconceptions Created by Television Shows, As Explained in Richards Willing’s “CSI Effect”
- In Richards Willing’s “CSI effect” the author tells the reader how, as a result of crime scene shows’ popularity, the misconceptions they create, and the combining of real life events with TV fantasy, crime scene shows have affected jurors and the oucomes of court cases. The shows’ popularity has increased peoples’ interest in forensic science and has caused workers and students to transfer into the field. The second effect crime scenes created is the misconception concerning when to use forensic tests, as well as misconceptions about the speed and accuracy of forensic workers and machines in tracking and identifying the culprit.... [tags: television, reality, crime]:: 1 Works Cited

Personal Experience: Fate is a Cruel Mistress
- ... For me as a writer, I have to learn to look outside of myself and critically apply thought. Is this perfect. Have I stated my points, defended, and defined them. Or Does it truly need one more revision, and if so why. By placing myself in the mindset of my audience I can start to overcome these fears and find the voice that wants to be written down. To work towards my next great source of unease – an audience. I think a fear most people can associate with is that of public speaking and, to me, having another person read what I write has that same trepidation.... [tags: critic and supporter, building confidence]

Response to His Coy Mistress
- Response to His Coy Mistress Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" is the charming depiction of a man who has seemingly been working very hard at seducing his mistress. Owing to Marvell's use of the word "coy," we have a clear picture of the kind of woman his mistress is. She has been encouraging his advances to a certain point, but then when he gets too close, she backs off, and resists those same advances. Evidently, this has been going on for quite some time, as Marvell now feels it necessary to broach the topic in this poem.... [tags: English Literature]

Analysis of the Poems To his Coy Mistress and Oranges
- Love can have many faces in each of these poems we are given a glimpse at these two faces. “To His Coy Mistress “ is a poem about a man trying to persuade a woman into sex as the poem progresses the man becomes more and more desperate. It conveys a face of love that agrees more with lust and carnal desire. While in “Oranges” a poem about a young boy taking out a girl for the first time shows us a different face. This is a face that most of young love, which most of us are familiar with and that is anxious and excited, all wrapped into one.... [tags: virginity, love, carnal desire]:: 1 Works Cited

To What Extent Are Women Willing to Sacrifice In Order to Attain Their Culture’s Ideal Beauty Standards?
- Beauty is a very important aspect for women. A lot of pressure has been place on the female gender to attain a level of beauty that has been set by their culture and society. Due to the desperateness of wanting to be beautiful, women are willing to go to extreme lengths in order to please their family, themselves, and society. Although these measures were much more bizarre in the past than they are now, the present-day traditions of becoming beautiful are still ridiculous. Since women have been given this duty to represent the beauty of their culture, it has become an obligation to fulfill it.... [tags: society, beauty, body image, females]:: 17 Works Cited

Richard Willing, Author of The CSI Effect, Believes the Television Series, CSI Changed the Field of Forensic Science
- In the article “The CSI Effect”, Richard Willing shows how the widely known television series “CSI” has contributed change to the field of science; by how forensic sciences are Perceived and how it is becoming a higher craved career choice. A concerned that Mr. Willing refers is have hit crime shows given a well description of sciences for crime scenes and the work necessary to solve cases. After watching shows as these it makes it appear as though solving mysteries can be unraveled within a short time frame of days or shorter.... [tags: detective, career, dna]:: 2 Works Cited

Donne's The Sun Rising and Marvell's To His Coy Mistress
- ... While describing love that is seemingly perfect, Donne paradoxically argues the exact opposite. Through Donne’s description of the lovers’ bedroom becoming the world (“this bed thy centre is, these walls, thy sphere,”), he insinuates that in order for the love to survive, there must be a break in the circle. Donne constantly argues against love and time that is circular, insisting that there must be an imbalance in order for sexual intimacy not to become exhausting and everlasting. Donne makes a similar argument in “The Good Morrow,” when he states, “love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die.” While “The Good Morrow” is another example of Donne’s exquisite love poetry, a similar... [tags: poetry comparison and analysis]

To His Coy Mistress: An Interesting Use of Carpe Diem
- ... During this time period Britain was excelling economically, the Catholic and Protestant conflicts were fewer and far between and political divergence between the monarch and parliament died down. This environment provided an ideal situation for advancements in science, philosophy and most of all literature; a new way of thinking was born. Although Britain was on the upside, the civil war was fresh on everyone’s mind and Marvell new the fragility of the Britain’s situation. He knew that times could change in an instant, it only takes one event to revert Britain back to civil war.... [tags: sieze the day, religious convictions]

Complicated Medical Issues: Are Doctors Allowed to Do Everything What’s Medical Possible Without the Willing of the Patient?
- ... The parents argued that it’s easier to care for her when she stays little. With these actions the usual complications of bedridden patients (furuncle of laying, pneumonia or bladder infections) should be minimized. An also interesting fact is, that the parents wanted to stay anonymous. So in this case we have not only an ethical dilemma, we also have to look at legal aspects and even economic aspects. The main issue in this case is, are doctors allowed to do everything what’s medical possible without the willing of the patient (even when she’s retarded), especially in the case that there’s no medical necessity to do that.... [tags: ethical dilemma, economic and legal aspects]

Comparing Philosophies of Donne's To His Mistress and Herrick's Corrina Going A-Maying
- Comparing Philosophies of Donne's To His Mistress and Herrick's Corrina Going A-Maying The seventeenth century in England produced two varying schools of poetic philosophy which included the metaphysical and the cavalier. While the metaphysical poets, comprised of the artists who followed John Donne's use of the metaphysical conceit, tended to reinforce the traditional forms of love and devotion, the cavalier poets, led by Ben Johnson, intellectualized the themes of their poetry. Both metaphysical and cavalier poets such as John Donne and Robert Herrick experimented with poetry of seduction, dramatic verse from a male lover attempting to persuade his beloved.... [tags: Comparison Compare Contrast Essays]

Summary of a Short Story, Mistress of Maxley by E.F. Benson
- The short story “Mistress of Maxley” is a short story by the author, E.F. Benson. The story contains an extremely lengthy exposition that quickly introduces the setting and main protagonist in grave detail. However, each detail is very important to the story. The setting in the story is the village of Maxley, upper Sussex in England. Maxley is described as a rural and peaceful village which is far away from the attention and conflicts of the bigger cities. The setting however, is very ironic because since the village of Maxley is so quiet and calm, vampirism is unexpected to occur.... [tags: protagonist, vampire, climax]:: 1 Works Cited

To His Coy Mistress
- To His Coy Mistress Compare and Contrast “To His Coy Mistress” By John Donne. “To His Coy Mistress” and “ To His Mistress Going to bed” are two poems that feature “carpe diem”; they are also written by two of the most well known metaphysical poets. Andrew Marvell, the author of “To His Coy Mistress” and John Donne, the writer of “To His Mistress Going To Bed”. Both poems were written through the 16th and 17th Century, where love and sex were describe as two different things. 16th and 17th century attitudes to love and relationship were much stricter than in the 21st Century, as wealthy men who wished to court a woman, would need to use the convention of writing a letter or a poem to try and... [tags: English Literature]

Sarah, the Evil Mistress
- Sarah, the Evil Mistress Although Hagar flaunts her pregnancy with Abraham in the face of Sarah who is barren, Sarah is ultimately responsible for generating trouble in Abraham’s household. Through Sarah’s decision to give Hagar to Abraham, Sarah’s jealousy and anger towards Hagar’s reaction to conception, and also Sarah’s harsh treatment of Hagar, we are able to understand why Sarah is truly the one accountable for the negative circumstances throughout her relationship with Hagar. Initially, in Genesis 11:30 we feel remorse for Sarai in her barrenness.... [tags: Essays Papers]:: 5 Works Cited

To His Coy Mistress
- Words on "To His Coy Mistress" Either you have sex with me or you die. This is a very strong statement which, when said, has to get someone's attention; and that is exactly what Andrew Marvell intends for the reader in this poem. He wants the undivided attention of this mistress so that he can scare her and rush her into making a decision the way he wants and in due time. Filled with time flavored symbolism, this carpe diem poem, "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell, exemplifies the seize the day theme.... [tags: essays research papers fc]:: 1 Works Cited

Philosophy - Are we Willing to Accept the Changes that Philosophical Thinking can Bring?
- Philosophy - Are we Willing to Accept the Changes that Philosophical Thinking can Bring. Philosophy is a general overview of how our society functions, by how we think and the many ways in which we act. It can also be described as the love of wisdom. As individuals we are introduced to ideas that test our knowledge of the different concepts of life, with questions such as who are we and why were we brought here. Philosophical questions have made an impact on us with thoughts that don't usually have an answer to the question which was brought forward, and to which neither side knows the answer to.... [tags: essays research papers]

To His coy mistress by Andrew Marvell
- In "To His Coy Mistress," Andrew Marvell presents a speaker who appeals to his love through persuasion. The speaker uses an appeal to reason as his main tool, but he also appeals to his mistress through emotion and character to garner a response. Each stanza utilizes a different method of appeal that relies on diction and punctuation. In the first stanza, the speaker appeals to character, in the second emotion, and in the third reason. By using different methods of appeal, the speaker hopes to win his mistress' love.... [tags: essays research papers]

Love in The Flea and To his Coy Mistress
- Love in The Flea and To his Coy Mistress Compare the ways John Donne in his poem The Flea and Andrew Marvell in his poem To his Coy Mistress present the theme of love. Donne and Marvell’s poems have both similarities and differences, as they both present the theme of love in an unconventional way and dwell on it superficially. This can be seen by the way in which both authors show their views on love, though are clearly just using them as attempts to seduce their mistresses, who are clearly reluctant.... [tags: Andrew Marvell John Donne Poems Essays]

Marvel to His Mistress: Carpe Diem!
- Marvell to His Mistress: Carpe Diem. In Andrew Marvell's poem "To His Coy Mistress," he's arguing for affection. The object of the speaker's desire wants to wait and take the relationship slow, while the speaker pushes for instant gratification. This persuasive poem makes the point that time waits for no one and it's foolish for two lovers to postpone a physical relationship. Marvell's piece is structured as a poem but flows as a classical argument. He uses the three stanzas to address the issues of time, love, and sex.... [tags: Poetry]

To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell
- The argument that is presented throughout this poem, like many other poems, is one that involves love. The narrator is an older man who has found love with a much younger mistress. Because of his old age, he tries to act on his love quickly. The narrator makes an attempt to encourage his lover to act on their love, and give up her virginity. The narrator begins the poem stating that if he had enough time, perhaps an eternity, he would spend his time praising and loving his mistress. He would be able to take his time to express his love for her.... [tags: Poetry Analysis]

Ananlysis Of Andrew Marvell Coy Mistress
- Andrew Marvell attempts to win his “Coy Mistress” over and ultimately convince her into unleashing her passion and turning over her virginity. He is playing on a women’s vulnerability of love and admiration, fear of the loss of beauty and youthfulness and ultimately he clinches his argument by appealing to passion and lust. He is displaying a sense of urgency, to further his persuasion and has placed limitations on the availability of time in order to increase pressure. In Marvell’s first stanza, he appeals to his mistress by painting a vivid picture of love and courting that would take place if time where available.... [tags: essays research papers fc]:: 2 Works Cited

Ruined Maid and To His Coy Mistress
- Ruined Maid and To His Coy Mistress Both the “Ruined Maid” and “To His Coy Mistress” provide us with disturbing images / pictures of love, sex and relationships as I am about to explain. The “Ruined Maid” was written by Thomas Hardy in 1866, during the time when women didn’t have sex before marriage and they were thrown out of their village for being “ruined”. The public at that point in history had a very strict view of sex and marriage. They thought that women in particular should never have sex before marriage and they should have everything taken off them for being “ruined”.... [tags: Love Relationships Thomas Hardy Essays]

To His Coy Mistress - by Andrew Marvel
- To his coy mistress by Andrew Marvel - review. 'To his coy mistress' was written by Andrew Marvel, his exceeding love for his lover, but with closer analysis it is more intimate and is more persuasive. The poem is persuading his mistress to have sex with him, and have children however; it sounds more like he wants the pleasure, not the children. It was written in the 1600s. The poem can be split into 3 stanzas; the first stanza is romantic and flattering, but also persuasive. The implication of the first stanza she is playing hard to get or shy, and the shyness wouldn't matter if they had more time.... [tags: English Literature:]

A Heart as Dark as Sin
- Mistress Ross was the most pious woman in the whole South. Why, just look how well she and her husband treated their slaves. What good Christians, ladies said at meetings. She was a modest woman— her husband had a plantation of respectable size with 50 slaves but she still wasn’t above donating generously to the Church. She felt she had to serve the Lord by uplifting the poor, unenlightened souls of her slaves and teach them the holy path. Master Ross shook his head at his wife, for everyone knew that you give a slave one inch and they suddenly act like they own the farm.... [tags: narrative essays, mistress ross, ]

Sexuality in "To His Coy Mistress" and "The Flea"
- Be sure to begin each paper with a title. Let's talk about sex; in today's culture one cannot get through the day without viewing billboards, commercials, advertisements, movies, and talk shows which in one way or another are related to sex or the art of seduction. It is believed by many that the current generation is undoubtedly the most sexually explicit generation by far. However, it is not that the current generation is the more occupied with sex than past generations, but, that this generation lacks the finesse that was an essential component in the art of seduction for generations past.... [tags: Poetry]